"How's things going in your lab?" After class, Professor Thurston stopped Junxin and suddenly asked.

"It's basically been completely processed, and there are still some projects that need to be filled out in the application form, but I don't need to do these things myself, so I have time recently!" Jun Xin naturally knew what Professor Thurston meant, so he directly told him that he had free time recently.

"Oh, that's great, there's something I need your help with lately!" Professor Thurston said happily.

"You say!" For this professor, who helped him immensely during his studies at Princeton, Jun confidently had great respect, so he spoke very politely.

"That's right, recently, the professors of Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton, the four earliest Ivy League member schools, reached a consensus on the education curriculum, and we felt that some of the courses of our four schools should be made an open knowledge channel, so we planned to admit some teaching videos. As the world's number one mathematics department, Princeton University's mathematics department is bound to admit our own videos, so you may need to cooperate in this regard. ”

"Oh, what are you going to do?" Hearing this, Jun Xin became interested and asked with a smile.

Professor Thurston was naturally happy to see Junxin's interest, and naturally replied, "You know, as a video teaching, this is the first time. In particular, the outcome of open teaching and learning resources is unknown to those of us who make decisions. So after conducting research, the school decided to open some public elective courses as a test to see what the final effect was. ”

"So you recommended me?" Jun asked in confidence.

"Hmm!" Professor Thurston nodded and said, "Speaking of which, your public elective course has recently aroused some discussion and praise in the school due to its unique teaching method and creative teaching content, which is a very good topic and a great representative. At that time, President William advocated some curriculum reform in teaching at the professors' meeting, which was also reviewed and approved by us. In fact, President William's intention was to make the integrated mathematics curriculum a signature of Princeton's curriculum, and it was a good time to introduce it to the public. ”

"But it's also a challenge!" Professor Thurston's face suddenly turned serious.

"Are you worried that you won't be able to achieve the desired goal that Principal William has in mind?" Junxin asked.

"Yes and no." Professor Thurston shook his head, nodded again, and said, "Indeed, it is important to achieve the ideal level in President William's heart, which can reduce his resistance to teaching reform, but the teaching method of the school is originally managed by the president, and our professors do not have the status of Yale University, so the opinion is not so important." ”

"That's?" Jun Xin asked hesitantly.

"This course is actually poured into the ideals of Principal William, which can be regarded as one of his guidelines. In fact, the status of the presidents of some of our first-class universities is not much worse than that of the presidents of the United States, at least the presidents of many schools have a record of serving or running for president. When it comes to this matter, it is a matter of national policy. Professor Thurston explained, "The integrated mathematics curriculum was a reform measure by President William in preparation for further reform of university education, which was becoming more and more rigid. So Principal William didn't pay attention to this matter on the surface, but actually did a lot of work in secret. ”

"Really?" Junxin said with some confusion.

Professor Thurston smiled and nodded, "Don't believe me, just take your lab." In fact, even if you are already a faculty member at Princeton University, you are not a professor after all, or even an associate professor. According to the laboratory management system of Princeton University, those below the rank of associate professor are not allowed to independently manage the laboratory, but you just got the right to independently manage the laboratory when you were a teaching assistant, if there is no support from the president behind this, do you believe it? You know, many associate professors in the School of Life Sciences don't have their own independent laboratories! ”

Jun Xin nodded, and then suddenly realized in his heart, indeed, with his own qualifications and identity, it is impossible to independently master a laboratory no matter what, this is not like he got a laboratory before because he discovered an experimental phenomenon and even created a branch of discipline. It's about creating a discipline that people are already using, but haven't done formal inductive work yet, and it's not on their own initiative, so that you can get an independent laboratory, which is absolutely impossible in an era of fierce competition, if there is no one behind it.

"What's more, if the staff and students in your laboratory hadn't personally greeted Principal William, they might not have cared about you, a biology novice, at least if you want to control the rights of the laboratory, it will be impossible!" Professor Thurston continued to break the news.

At this time, Zi Junxin didn't say anything except nodding.

"Oh, yes. There are a few students in your lab, and the school has decided to hang under your lab for the time being, and the topic will not change. The school has already communicated with Professor Ivanov, and his name is still under him, but the defense will be held under the Princeton Academic Degree Committee. You just go back and tell them, and of course, if you want to transfer to another professor, the school will communicate on your behalf. ”

"Well, I see!" Junxin nodded.

"How much have you taken the Mathematics Synthesis course?" Professor Thurston asked.

"Since the beginning of the school year, the second class has been completed." Junxin said.

"So, take some time to make up the first two lessons, when do you have time?" Professor Thurston asked.

Junxin thought for a while and said: "In another week, it will be our traditional Chinese festival - Spring Festival, and it should be relatively free before this!" ”

"Okay, how about we take some time to record the first part of your lesson tomorrow?"

"There's no problem on my side!" Junxin shook his head and said. In fact, with the support of President William, it was indeed unexpected that the laboratory could quickly get on the right track, and the laboratory adjustment problem that I thought would cost Junxin a lot of time now does not have to worry about it at all, so it naturally saves the original time used to adjust the laboratory, so Junxin has been a rare free time recently.

"Okay, you go get busy first!"

"Goodbye, Professor!"